Minerals MIniister Lefoko Moagi shakes hands with De Beers Chief Executive Officer after signing the new diamond sales agreement
How the Historic Botswana – De Beers diamond Sales Agreement panned out: Analysts’ reviews
The Government of the Republic of Botswana and De Beers Group Announce a New Partnership For A New Era *Agreement in principle for new Debswana sales contract and mining licences Joint Press Release The Government…
4 July 2023
First Capital Bank launches Consumer Service Centre in Main Mall
Cynthia Thanda The heart of Botswana’s capital city – Gaborone Main Mall, Old Debswana House, was painted green on the 30th June 2023 when First Capital Bank launched its Consumer Service Centre that is set…
30 June 2023
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President Vladimir Putin’s address to citizens of Russia
Friends, Today, I am addressing the citizens of Russia once again. Thank you for your restraint, cohesion and patriotism. This civic solidarity shows that any blackmail, any attempt to stage domestic turmoil is doomed to fail. I will repeat – society and the executive and legislative branches…
28 June 2023
Secretary-General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Ms Boemo Sekgoma. Photo: Contributed
Growing concern over worsening forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV)
From Moses Magadza in Malawi SALIMA, MALAWI – Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has changed from the traditional physical assaults to more sophisticated means such as psychological, emotional and even cyber violence. And because GBV is still…
22 June 2023
Kaone Kario nominated for Best Actress in Canada for role in PCH
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman * Kaone Kario has been nominated for Best Actor in Canada * PCH is set to premiere in United States on June 25 in Boston * Kaone Kario: “I am celebrated…
13 June 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin
Embassy of Russia in Botswana celebrates June 12, Russia Day
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Every year on June 12, the Russian Federation celebrates Russia Day. On that day in 1990 the First Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) adopted…
12 June 2023
Leading from the Front: SADC-PF Head H.E. Boemo Sekgoma appointed Patron of SADC Youth Parliament
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Secretary General of Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF)Her Excellency Boemo Sekgoma is now the Patron for the SADC Youth Parliament. The official announcement was made by Washington Mumbamarwo the Head of Media,…
9 June 2023
Who blew up the Kakhovka dam? Terrorist methods and tactics abound in the Russia-Ukraine war
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Ukrainian version By Dmytro Kuleba “In the early hours of June 6, 2023, Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka dam in the occupied territory in the south of Ukraine. This…
8 June 2023
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The homosexuality of cultural imperialism
(C) Vanguard Newspaper I made acquaintance with a lady, Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade, about 1990. A few months later, my wife and I visited her in Ila Oragun where she was running a rural library,…
6 June 2023
Does the world stop and say, ‘No one among us can cut diamonds like Botswana can’
By Ndaba Gaolathe WHAT MAKES NATIONS WEALTHY 1. “There is no one amongst us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians”, words of Solomon about a nation that he called upon to assist…
5 June 2023
